Hi All,
I am currently working on my wings and I wish to install a taxi camera for improved situational awareness, especially on the right side of the aircraft when I am taxiing. I will be installing a Garmin G3X 10", so I was thinking I could put the virb camera in one of 4 locations:
1. Canopy rollbar mount (easiest location, but limited visibility improvement).
2. Right leading edge landing light position (I am installing my landing lights in the tips, so I can use this leading edge position).
3. Embedded tail mount (widest viewing angle, most modification required and highest drag penalty, but also limited visibility improvement due to the fuselage blocking the image).
4. Embedding with the bottom cowl (narrow viewing angle, and fiberglass work required).
The reason I have to make a decision now, is that I will need to cut the wing leading edge in the next few days.
Has anyone mounted a camera in the locations above with the purpose of serving as a taxi camera covering potential blind spots, and if so, what would be your preferred location if you were to do things again? Also, is the camera image able to be made big enough on the screen to even be worthwhile in this type of application?
I'm sure someone will write back and just tell me to build a trike instead.
Cheers,
Tom.
I am currently working on my wings and I wish to install a taxi camera for improved situational awareness, especially on the right side of the aircraft when I am taxiing. I will be installing a Garmin G3X 10", so I was thinking I could put the virb camera in one of 4 locations:
1. Canopy rollbar mount (easiest location, but limited visibility improvement).
2. Right leading edge landing light position (I am installing my landing lights in the tips, so I can use this leading edge position).
3. Embedded tail mount (widest viewing angle, most modification required and highest drag penalty, but also limited visibility improvement due to the fuselage blocking the image).
4. Embedding with the bottom cowl (narrow viewing angle, and fiberglass work required).
The reason I have to make a decision now, is that I will need to cut the wing leading edge in the next few days.
Has anyone mounted a camera in the locations above with the purpose of serving as a taxi camera covering potential blind spots, and if so, what would be your preferred location if you were to do things again? Also, is the camera image able to be made big enough on the screen to even be worthwhile in this type of application?
I'm sure someone will write back and just tell me to build a trike instead.
Cheers,
Tom.